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[DrivingMissLazy]

 GOOD INFORMATION
Some of these very good ideas

NEW TIPS

Reheat Pizza
  Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the stove.
Set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy.
No soggy micro pizza.
I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.

Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with
your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to
frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less
sugar/calories per serving.


Reheating Refrigerated Bread
  To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place
them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will
keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.
Newspaper Weeds-Away
  Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet
newspapers, put layers around the plants overlapping as you go, cover
with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some
gardening plastic; they will not get through wet newspapers.


Broken Glass


Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken pieces of glass ...
the fibers catch ones you can't see!


MINE!!!!!


If you purchase a new bike for your child, place their picture inside
the handle bar before placing the grips on. If the bike is stolen and
later recovered, remove the grip and there is your proof who owns the
bike.


Flexible Vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge, add an
empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can
be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.

Reducing Static Cling


Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a
clingy skirt or dress.
Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place
pin in seam of slacks and ... voila ... static is gone.

Measuring Cups

Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill it with
hot water.
Dump out the hot water, but don't dry the cup. Next, add your
ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right
out.

Foggy Windshield?


Hate foggy windshields?
Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car. When
the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!

Reopening Envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include
something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an
hour or two.
Voila! It unseals easily.

Conditioner


Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot cheaper than
shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way
to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it
in your hair...

Good-bye Fruit Flies
  To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2" with
Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dishwashing liquid; mix well. You
will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!

Get Rid of Ants
  Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it
"home," and can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so,
esp. if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets
or small children being harmed!

Take baby powder to the beach


Keep a small bottle of baby powder in your beach bag. When you're ready
to leave the beach sprinkle yourself and kids with the powder and the
sand will slide right off your skin.

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THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL PHONE COULD DO.

There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies.
Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for
survival. Check out the things that you can do with it:

FIRST Subject: Emergency
The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself
out
of the coverage area of your
mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will
search any existing network to
establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number
112
can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.

SECOND Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car?
Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday.
Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and
the
spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from
your
cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and
have
the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the
mobile
phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to
drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of
miles
away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your
car,
you can unlock the doors (or the trunk). Editor's Note: It works fine!
We tried
it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!"

THIRD Subject: Hidden Battery Power
Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activate, press the keys
*3370#
your cell will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a
50%
increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your
cell next time.

FOURTH How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?
To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits
on
your phone: * # 0 6 # A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This
number is unique to your
handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone gets
stolen, you can phone your service
provider and give them this code.They will then be able to block your
handset so even if the thief changes
the SIM card, your phone will be  totally useless. You probably won't
get
your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't
use/sell
it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people
stealing mobile phones.
And Finally....

FIFTH
Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411
information calls when they don't have to. Most of us do not carry a
telephone directory in our vehicle, which makes this situation even
more of
a problem. When you need to use the 411 information option, simply dial:
(800) FREE 411, or (800) 373-3411 without incurring any charge at all.
Program this into your cell phone now.^

[andy]

These are all great tips but I wouldn't have admitted to shaving my legs. LOL

[trailblazer2]

Tanks;That' s some gooood stuff;especially on thu cells!

[gumpy]

Yeah, and you probably ought to read the following link regarding the cell phone stuff:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp